I've seen that, think I may have also have read the book quite a while back. I think Kiwi authors are really too often under rated; found a secondhand copy of Craig Marriner's Southern style which I'll read again when I finsih the library books - read it years ago & enjoyed it.
https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/southern...1869798611
https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/southern...1869798611
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)